Herman August Mueller (1943)
IRWIN, MUELLER, SAYRE, SCHOTT
Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 9/19/2006 at 08:48:28
The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, January 27, 1943HERMAN MUELLER DIED ON MONDAY
St. Charles Resident Was Outstanding Citizen of County
Herman A. Mueller of St. Charles, one of Madison county's most outstanding citizens over a long period of years, died at the Methodist hospital in Des Moines Monday after a fatal illness of 10 weeks. He was 76 years of age.
Mr. Mueller was a member of a pioneer Madison county family. He was a son of George and Catherine Schott Mueller, both of whom were natives of Germany. He was born Aug. 29, 1866, in a log cabin on what is now the Earnest Mueller farm in Jefferson township. He received his primary education at the Farris school in Union township, with one term each in primary schools in Winterset and Des Moines. After spending one term at Drake university in Des Moines, and attending the normal institutes held annually in Winterset for several years, he embarked upon a school teaching career. He taught at Douglas Center school and the Doak school in Jefferson township, attended a term at the Dexter Normal college, and returned to teaching at Jefferson No. 7 and again at the Doak school. In 1892 he entered Iowa State Teachers college at Cedar Falls, graduating in 1894 with his degree of B.Di., and in 1895 with the degree of M.Di. For the next two years he served as principal of the schools at Arcadia. He then entered the State University of Iowa at Iowa City as a junior student graduating in 1899 with a B.Ph. degree. He then taught in the high school at Webster City, resigning to become a candidate for Madison county auditor.
Mr. Mueller held many public offices in this county. As a young man he served as Jefferson township clerk and served as township assessor there. He was elected Madison county auditor in 1902 on the Republican ticket. He was reelected two years later, but resigned in 1905. After assisting in the county clerk's office for several months he went to St. Charles as bookkeeper in J. F. Johnston's bank. In the fall of 1905 he was made cashier of the bank, which position he held for many years. In recent years he had served as manager of the branch office in St. Charles of the Farmers and Merchants State bank of Winterset.
Throughout his life, much of Mr. Mueller's time was spent in community affairs. He organized the Madison county Farmer's Institute in 1903, and the Madison county Good Roads Association that same year. In 1904, he was one of the organizers of the Madison county Historical society, and when its organization was completed in 1905 he was elected president. From then until last spring, every year for 37 consecutive years he was elected president of the organization. At the meeting last spring, he was elected honorary president for life.
He was long active in the Madison county Old Settlers' association and the St. Charles Old Settlers' association. He was active in St. Charles town and school district affairs, and was prominent in the Methodist church there.
Mr. Mueller was married on June 30, 1909, to Cora Irwin of that community. They were the parents of two sons and one daughter. Mrs. Mueller died about two years ago.
He is survived by the three children, Dr. Byron Mueller of La Harpe, Ill., Mrs. Catherine Sayre of New Jersey and Herman Mueller, Jr., of Des Moines.
Funeral services were to be held at 2 p.m. this Wednesday from the St. Charles Methodist church, in charge of the Rev. Michael Millen. Burial was to be made in the St. Charles cemetery.
_________________________Coordinator's note: Middle name taken from his Social Security Application.
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